I’m from Xi’an China, trained in electrical engineering I spent my college years in Fudan University in Shanghai. Education and schooling had been a source of personal reflection since spending a few grade school years in the US. I was tipped to pursue a career in education by observing that the successful Chinese student tends to succeed by doing what schools implicitly preach against, signaling of structural tensions between educational institutions and the development of the individual. I am interested in education technology, rural education, higher education reform, and the development of education as a formal discipline. I am currently involved with Sunshine Library, an NGO that makes tablet computers for use in rural education, and research projects looking at middle schools in northwestern China.

I’m a Ed.M. Candidate in Technology, Innovation and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. I’m a fervent believer in the power of education in changing the world as well as the power of technology in changing education. I’m interested in all sorts of emerging edu-techs, especially MOOC. I’m concerned with the problems of China’s under-served children and higher education. Hopefully the cutting-edge techs can alleviate these problems in the near future. I’m also a big fan of Khan Academy, Sunshine Library, TED, Online Open Courses, etc.”

副主席：年会负责人张亦男
Vice President of Conference Programming: Yinan Zhang
我现就读于哈佛大学教育学院的国际教育政策专业。本科毕业于Amherst College， 主修经济学和西班牙语。关心高等教育全球化以及国际教育交流对中国教育的影响。希望结识更多热心于中国教育的同仁，共同讨论和推进中国教育发展。
I am currently a graduate student in the International Education Policy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She graduated from Amherst College with a double major in Economics and Spanish. Her interest is in the globalization of higher education and international exchanges. Through China Education Symposium, she looks forward to meeting people who share the passion in Chinese education.

Joe Liao is currently a 3rd year Master of Architecture candidate at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, with a Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in Design | Media Arts. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Joe has lived and worked in the US, UK, Tanzania, Japan and Switzerland. Joe is committed to develop his career in mainland China, while most interested in design and education’s capacity for broad influences towards a sustainable culture, in China and beyond.

Shijin Wu majored in world history and is currently working as a market researcher in pharmaceutical industry. He is interested in combining professional education and educational technology to help students clarify career choices and enhance professional skills.

Hi, my name is Tiffany (慧涵). Growing up I was extremely lucky to receive a wonderful education and realized early on the difference it made. I started volunteering at a low-income elementary school nearby in middle school, where I realized the huge disparities in education resources. In high school I began teaching English in rural Yunnan during the summer and started a program to help them improve their English during the school year, continuing during my college years. While at PKU as an exchange student, I helped out at a school for migrant children; there I realized that disparity in education didn’t just pertain to the rural urban divide. After the Sichuan earthquake I helped build an English book library and became involved with a program to help children in Wenchuan, Sichuan learn English through phonics and theatre. In addition, last year I spent a year teaching English to 1,500 high school students in rural Sichuan. Although I still don’t like spicy food, I now consider Sichuan a second home. I feel extremely privileged to be exposed both to the positive, amazing aspects of Chinese education as well as the heart wrenching difficult aspects. From my personal experiences, I have come to believe that early childhood education is extremely important for a child’s future academic career. I look forward to working with everyone as we share our knowledge and work towards better understanding and improving education.

I graduated from Peking University and have years of experience in early childhood and international education. He once worked as operational director at a leading preschool group (Etonkids) with more than 40 kindergartens across China. After that, he joined PKU College, a subsidiary of Beida Jade Bird Group, a Peking university owned company, to take charge of the setup and management of consistent preK-12 international schools. With years of experience in China education area, Simon mainly focuses on taking more initiatives and practice in combining Chinese classics literature with international education, aiming to cultivate future Chinese citizens with international perspectives and solid Chinese traditional philosophies. Simon also has his own insights on the operations management of chain schools thanks to couple of years of management experience.

Currently an increasing number of educational initiatives and organizations are emerging, leading to more exploration and practices in China’s education reform and future development. Based on CES platform, Simon looks forward to establish relations with a variety of educational organizations to bolster China’s education development together.

I graduated from Communication University of China and therefore have a deep-rooted interest in media education. My experience with professional research on Chinese education policy started at the senior year of college when I participated in the Integrated Education System in Urban and Rural China research project. Education equity is my concern; solutions to actual social problems are my focus; interdisciplinary research is my pursuit. Learning Lifelong Education course in Korea as well as my own frustration against modern school system led to my goal of establishing truly learner-centered education systems. I’m now in International Education Policy Program in Harvard Graduate School of education and am in charge of producing publicity materials, so if you are talented or interested in graphic design； publicity letter composing；design software and taking notes or speed-writing, please contact me! We can work together when you’re available!

My name is Ruqian Ma, graduated from Boston College majored in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology. I am dedicated in early child education and I am interested in psychological development and mental health at early developmental stage. I am the funder of Blue Sun Autism organization. I am the China Education Symposium Journal Editor this year.